overnight the size of the united states doubled even as humboldt and jefferson were meeting jefferson's hand-picked team of

jefferson would be just the right man to aid me. his dream of a large project to the far west must wait for a couple years until he published his current material. that job delayed him 30 years. he had other reasons for wanting to return to the united states. his friends were proclaiming the united states the future of your arts and sciences. in his farewell level, not just a plan for exploration but the moral imperative embodied by the united states which had offered him the consoling experience of witnessing true social project whereas europe presents an immoral and melancholy spectacle. not that humboldt was unaware of problems in america, he reminded his washington hosts of the abominable law permitting the importation of negro slaves to the carolinas. the laws of humanity dictated the united states abolish slavery and act that would cost little more than a dip in exports. humboldt was good at making such mercantile calculations but they always enraged in, quote, how he detested this politics that measures and evaluates the publ

street service center on south jefferson street and did to get people to give money to the frederick-based nonprofit mission. however, she did not have permission from gas station's owners f she is convicted, butler faces up to 15 years in prison. >>> after the break, getting pay to play. we know athletes are well compensat compensateded. the rain is moving in, folks, and some parts of our area are unde >>> some people living near wall street returned home today. they were evacuated late last night when a crane fell onto their building. this morning, the crane was removed. it was being used in a construction project when it tilted last night and hit that 25-story apartment building you see there part of the building actually broke off and fell to the street below. fortunately, no one was hurt. >>> while we are in new york, the new york yankees not only have the most world series championships shall the team also has the world's highest-paid athletes. each yankees' player averages about 7 million bucks a year. a-ro making the most that team just beat out spain's real madrid soccer team. the

it was over the course of a dinner in new york that thomas jefferson proposed a bargain in which the federal government assumed state were deaths while in return taking medicines preference for the capital but to be established along the potomac. jefferson's compromise was formalized and it also provided for philadelphia to service the nation's capital for 10 years. it placated the pennsylvania delegation and also gave the federal government time to build a capital city. the supreme court occupied temporary homes in philadelphia from 1791-until 1800. the court convened twice in the pennsylvania state house, now known as independence hall, and sometimes s -- an old city hall. a capital city along the potomac emerged. the city planners of that era provided congress -- to advise congress that the landscape provided three locations for important public building. it was a happy coincidence that the new government had three branches. on the first, the rays that white house. the sec it was the capitol building. and on the third sight, congress build a permanent home for padlocked. -- patent

there are two spots with bike valets, one of them next to the jefferson memorial. the other at independence and 14th. >> do i have to bring my locks for my bicycle? >> that is the beauty of it. you don't have to bring anything. bring your bike down. we'll have trained volunteers there to take it for and you you get the valet ticket like a car valet. >> the national park service want to remind folks to look at the blossom, the traffic behind the jefferson memorial and fdr memorial will be northbound, all four lanes the entire 16 days of the festival. live along the tidal basin, karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> a lot of good advice and thank you. >>> if you didn't have a chance to write it down we, have everything you need ton about the festival from a map to answers to some of the most common questions and the metro rounds. remember, also send us some photos of the blossoms. log on to www.myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. >>> the couple of traffic alerts for drivers this weekend. the d.c. department of transportation will close the chain bridge tonight at

jefferson, madison, washingt on, all founders of the experiment. they understood one thing. if we were to begin the march toward democracy we have to be alarmed with information borough so we became passionate about that concept about how we created not just a promise of freedom of speech and freedom of the press, but the reality of free speech and a flourishing, vibrant come a diverse, challenging and dissenting free press that would inform the great mass of americans about the issues of the day that would tell them about the affairs of their community, their colony or state and ultimately their nation and the world itself. this was essential if people were to be their own governors. and it required fundamental new ways of thinking. we take, as are guiding points in this exploration of the issues we will talk about common issues of journalism and democracy. to quotes, one from james madison "essentials author of our constitution and he said "of popular government without popular information without a means to acquire it is better prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps

sunday night and some areas under a flood warning such as berkeley, jefferson, morgan, frederick, mad mad; loudoun county, virginia, until sunday morning and they're seeing the evidence of creeks and streams swelling to their peak and roads closed because of the wet weather. and this is some of the amounts. a half an inch for national, less than a quarter of an inch for dulles and almost two and a quarter inches for baltimore and tonight, we expect to see the rain continue and fog and light winds. we'll have more on what to expect and how long it's going to stick around when he come upstairs. back toyou. >> thank you. >>> and light go to matt ackland in alexandrea. >> reporter: what a difference a couple of hours makes. when was talking to you at 6:00 standing here where i am, i would have been standing in a couple of inches of water and you can see most of the water receded into potomac. you see the cops block off the area there and up king street about a block and authorities blocking the area off. it has city crews here trying to clean up the debris washed up here and offials are b

and jefferson's first draft said they are endowed with inalienable rights and it was adams and doud by the creator with certain inalienable rights, and then jefferson had held we hold these sacred and franklin held self-evident so they are doing a careful balance their 3g bostick balance where they make reference to a creator but not necessarily to a christian god or any particular god. >> guest:. but when i was reviewing the textbooks for preparation and to try to explain any reference to god, to christianity, the history of judeo-christian. i like the as they remember the great professor in princeton lawyer law background of american constitutional law. there's a great sentence in there he says religious liberties are the legacy of a animosity. these things were fought out in churches. >> host: the puritans became such great travelers fighting out in the trenches of the whole notion. >> guest: this is a great topic for the debate, a great topic for discussion in the classroom as well as before the supreme court the vibrancy and you know i am partial to america. the idea of america

and the jefferson's first draft of that sentence had endowed with certain inalienable rights and it was adams had been in doubt by their creator with certain inalienable rights and then jefferson had to we hold these truths to be sacred and franklin wrote we hold these to be self-evident. so we are doing a careful balance there. almost a be a defeat could use the balance for the make reference to a creator but not necessarily to a christian god or any particular god of. >> guest: fair enough, but i think when i was reviewing a lot of the textbooks i notice they tried to several of them tried to expunge any reference to god, chris d-nd, the history of judeo-christian. i like edwin corwin's s.a. higher law background of american constitutional law. it's a great sentence in there. religious liberties animosities. these things were fought out in churches. >> host: they became such good travelers as you said in the whole notion. this is a great topic in a coal board. it is a great topic for discussion in the classroom as well as the supreme court. as i say and i am partial to american he

and then jefferson had we hold these truths to be sacred.nd franklin wrote in we hold these truths to be self-evident. so they get a careful balance there. almost a deal stick balance, where they make reference to the creator but not necessarily to christian god or any particular god. >> guest: fair enough. but i think, you know, when i was reviewing a lot of the textbooks in preparation of writing my and, i noticed they tried to -- several of them tried to expunge reference to god, christianity, the history of christianity, judeo conditions. i like it when koren's s.a., remember the higher law background of american constitutional law. if there's a great sentence in there. he says religious liberties are the residuary legatee of ecclesiastical animosities. these were fought out in our churches. >> why the puritans began such good travelers. they were fighting and the churches the whole notion. >> guest: but look this is a great topic for a debate in a school board. it's a great topic for discussion in the classroom as well as before the sup

jefferson's second inaugural. he points out. yet not only did the a message to survive. to make the leap toward in scientific terms the need to analyze. we have not been on so good at that. liberal democracies. tendancy to do the first three steps. the u.s. department of education. spending increasing amounts of money to evaluate what works and what doesn't. liberal symbiotic. both are authoritarian, self-correcting, powerful social activities that maximize -- that require maximizing intellectual resources. they both put the stress on universal public education, which has been a principal of liberalism from the beginning. now i argue historically that science has enlightenment. i would just like some of the amusing fathead newspapers essentially began in large measure to reports the earliest scientific discoveries, particularly galileo's observations. coffee was coming into europe from turkey. the result was a combination of newspapers and coffee houses which proved seditious in every jurisdiction which they arose. every leader from cairo to london sought to suppress cof

between spain and the united states that causes the united states to back haiti under the thomas jefferson administration to obtain some nominal enforcement to concede part of their territory that would eventually be acquired by the united states and the louisiana purchase to france including giving access to the mississippi valley and the port of new orleans. we will come to that briefly. the question of expanding market is important. haiti is a source of raw materials and cheap labor. how does that relate to the labor in haiti? that is no surprise. the expectation of labour has gone on since the island was depopulated by christopher columbus and his family. katie is often focused but ultimately we are talking about the human condition. in real time contemporary perspective as well. 1701-1804, leading that insurrection. and falling in to these various cultures. they blended together in to raise. haiti is symbolic of everything else going on, the so-called diaspora. one of the stories i love telling is after in france, riding out the middle of haitian flames. a projection of humanity, and

congress we do not believe in the principles laid down by jefferson and madison and others. >> virginia governor bob mcdonnell signed the health care freedom act legislation into law. he said it will strengthen the federalawsuit. more than one dozen states are fighting the health care legislation. >>> the washington post is reporting the d.c. office will close by april 1. acorn's political group will begin the process of shutting down. the ceo of acorn said many of the chapters will remain open under the acorn name. their problems began after a video surfaced showing employees advising people how to conceal their a legal businesses. -- how to conceal their illegal businesses. >>> maryland drivers are facing a crack down on it using their cell phonewhile driving. jay korff has the potential restrictions. >> the maryland senate said it in passing the proposal that if you want to use your cell phone while driving, don't use your hands. maryland is one step closer to forbidding drivers from using their cell phones unless they have a hands free device. >> a lot of times i see people swerving

a white van who had a couple of run-ins with slaveowner and future president of the confederacy, jefferson davis because of crawford's desire to make a statue one at a freed slave. crawford completed a 19-foot, 16-inch plaster model of the statue of freedom in 1856 while living in rome. according to the arctic of the capitol crawford wanted to top the statue with the symbol of freed slaves in ancient greece, and that is what you see there on top. this is actually a photo of the original luster model of the statue of freedom and at the top you can see the liberty cap i just mentioned. davis, and his then capacity as u.s. war secretary objected to this idea saying in a january 5, 1856 letter that its history renders it inappropriate to have people born free and would not be enslaved, so in other words, jefferson-- sorry, jeff davis did not want a statue of a freed slave but on top of the u.s. capitol before the civil war because he thought it i'd give people some ideas. so he went back to thomas crawford and said, something has to be changed. crawford relented, replacing the liberty cap with

i spent four very happy years of that monticello working in the international center of the jefferson studies. one of the problems about working up that monticello is when you have to leave, as i did, it's all downhill from there. [laughter] >> but i couldn't have chosen other than charlottesville, i couldn't have chosen a nicer place to work than williamsburg. so i count myself quite fortunate. i am, as you may have gathered, and historian of early america. i've long been fascinated by this story of the lost colony. and i had the pleasure of doing some of my own research on the topic when i was putting together the book on jamestown. and i guess, you know, this was something of an epitome for me because i kind of assumed that we had the basic very straight. and provide a benefit scaffolding as to what the basic theory is, as to what happened to the lost colony, some of you may know. but bear with me for just a moment. the idea is that when john white left roanoke island to return to england for the reinforcements, the colonists decided to leave, maybe in the winter, maybe in the spri

you quoted jefferson, the validity of government depends upon the consent of the governed. and you find that consent in what the people agreed to. so what the people agreed to when they adopted the constitution, what they agreed to when they adopted the bill of rights is what ought to govern us. the bill of rights is, as i've said, in a sense, anti-democratic in that it prevents the current majority from doing what it would like to do. but in another sense it is quite democratic, the bill of rights was adopted, after all, democratically. it was the people, self-limiting their power. now, the meaning of that, whether, for example, whether it prohibits the death penalty, whether the eighth amendment that prohibits punishments forbids the death penalty. there is no doubt that no american ever wrote it for that when they voted to ratify the eighth amendment, the death penalty -- death was the penalty for all felonies, it was the definition of a felony. it's why we have western movies because horse thieving was a crime. and we wouldn't have western movies. to say nowadays things

consider the corner of jefferson and hold comb 30 years ago. look at it now. a third of detroit is too scarcely populated to function. more than 10,000 buildings could be demolished. >> we have a city in a huge financial crisis as i speak, and we've got to make some hard decisions for ourselves. >> reporter: at first, the abandoned homes will go. eventually, long-time residents may be forced out. bertha shares her block only with a vacant school. would you leave? >> no. i'm dial here. >> i have green beans. >> reporter: this garden next to her home. >> this is like the country and the city. and i love it. >> reporter: but she's open to a move. but if the city makes you an offer you can't refuse -- >> gone in a minute. >> reporter: the most desolate areas are those closest to downtown. the question is, what to do with all this open space? detroit businessman john hand seeps vast or charlds and farms. he's pledged $30 million to get started. >> massive farms. >> reporter: up to 1,000 acres. iowa right here in the middle of detroit. >> right here. >> reporter: th

also tomorrow night at 7:30 pm at jefferson hall, which is just across the street from us here, there'll three reporters who all are featured in this issue. louis, i should say is also featured in this issue. jason motlaw, elliott woods and nelson shea who's hiding in the back of the room as we speak -- all three of them have been in afghanistan reporting for us in the last few months. and so there's still plenty more to be said on the subject and each of these guys has covered different parts of the country, different aspects of what's going on there. if you can make plans to attend, i think you'll find that they've got a lot to say and are just as fascinating and as accessible as these two gentlemen are. thank you again all of you for attending and to you guys. [applause] >> i'm going to send the two of you to the back of the room right away. if you would, let them grab a seat and so that they can start to sign so that they don't get swamped and never get to sign. [inaudible conversations] >> the virginia festival of the book is held every year in charlottesville, virginia. and that's

jefferson was a great, great creator of language. >> he was a wordy. >> electioneering, indecipherable, monotonously -- pedicure. the noun did -- he invented a word for new words. his big contribution was anglo phile. he picked that up in a way that people were too cozy with the british culture, so it was a pejorative to him. almost every president right through -- >> that is very interesting, the way waterloo has become universal for defeat. the allies won. but it has become a synonym for defeat. >> but it is the vagaries of our language. look at the word raise. if it is r-auiei-se, it is tearing down -- it is building a building. if it is our azt, it is tearing it down. >> gerrymandering -- changing district in massachusetts to been democratic. it looked like a salamander after he did it. when boston newspaper said it is not a salamander, it is a gerrymander. that is how gerrymandering came into it fence mending also came out of a political maneuver, and we have so many of these things that have come out of politics. >> does anybody have any out of recent presidents? we know, for exa

consider the corner of jefferson and holcomb 30 years ago. look at it now. a third of detroit is too scarcely populated to function. more than 10,000 buildings could be demolished. >> we are a city in a huge financial crisis as i speak. and we've got to make some hard decisions for ourselves. >> reporter: at first, the abandoned homes will go. eventually, long-time residents may be forced out. bertha shares her block only with a vacant school. would you leave? >> no. i'll die here. >> i have green beans. >> reporter: and anne gardens in the vacant lot next to her home. >> this is like the country and the city. and i love it. >> reporter: but she's open to a move. but if the city makes you an offer you can't refuse -- >> gone in a minute. >> reporter: the most desolate areas are those closest to downtown. the question is, what to do with all this open space? detroit businessman john hand sees vast orchards and farms. he's pledged $30 million to get started. >> massive farms. >> reporter: up to 1,000 acres. >> right. quite large. >> reporter: iowa right here i

in jefferson, they grew because people were displaced into those parishes, but they still have greatds. they may not qualify. i did not know if there are ways to look more, in the same way you're talking about greater flexibility in arbitration, on public assistance, is there a way to look more holistic way at those situations and not be legalistic about -- if he did not have an operating budget for two years, you can have those loans be forgiven. guest: i tried to make sure i follow the law. some people say because of that, i will lose my job. within that structure, we tried to find where there were lines that we could not cross, options to work with communities as we factor this in. we had the requirements that were laid down that we have to accomplish. as we work through this system, if the law says we cannot do something, we cannot do it. if it gives us opportunities to look at things, we will take every advantage to see how we can help with those loans and those communities. guest: eleanor homes norton, the delegate from washington, who is a critic of the mob, as she suggested -

william pitt had read it already in college, the founders of the united states, especially thomas jefferson and james madison were very much influenced by it and were looking to it for guidance as they shaped this country and then by the time of the french revolution was extremely important in france and germany. so in a lot of ways, and it was to go to but if you wanted to figure out what government shld do about the economy, but also what government should do in general. >> host: professor russell roberts, do you use adam smith's theories in teaching economics at george mason? >> guest: i do actually. his insights into the division of labor and specialization and trade effinger credibly timely. we are the only university i know that george mason is a field in smithian political economy. i hope to teach class and my colleagues. we take smith's quite seriously as a role model for a social science should be conducted here at >> host: what about you, professor fleischacker likes do you use pin in your classes? >> guest: i do but same story of political philosophy. an expected to teach some of

they're out at the jefferson memorial. they're out on on the paddle boats, having a great time. there is a lot of traffic congestion. we mentioned they were going to have ohio drive going northbound only so that to kind of control the traffic flow but the folks don't seem to care too much about the traffic. they're out here to look at the cherry blossoms. there is the annual smithsonian kite festival going on. this was supposed to be over around 4:00 but people when they want to go fly a kite they fly a kite so it's still going on. a at that pointing thing down there. you can do -- a happening thing down there. you can go to the official opening day ceremonies. they had all the diplomats and all that. i did get my face painted today at the museum. these are cherry blossoms. a come comes from wisconsin and - woman comes from wisconsin and will paint this for you. it's important to get the twigs in there because you need to connect things. put a little glitter on there and held it into place with hairspray. so we're just having a good time down here. if you want come on down. ther

remember jefferson's words. that our rights are not given by the majority, they are not given by congress, they are not even given by the constitution, they are given to us by a power higher than us. that is the glory of america. that every individual is an important being. endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. the world knows what happens to those marchers, how they were stopped by state troopers at the end mund pettis bridge. -- edmund pettis bridge in selma. how they were savagely beaten with night sticks and how this 23-year-old giant whose name was then not known, this young man from troy, alabama, john lewis who was helping to lead the march from the front with jose williams, beaten to the ground, and took life threatening injuries. today as a member of congress john lewis still bears those scars, but he does not bear resentment. what a lesson for all of us. who suffered the verbal slains almost daily in this public profession which we pursue. but john lewis took more than restorkal --

gohmert: thomas jefferson said the natural course of things is for government to gain . a great point this morning in talking this morning when he said people know in america that if you add 30 million people to the same health care coverage, you're not going to save money. if you were to save money by adding 30 million people to our health insurance or medicare, then as he said, then we might as well say, you know what? we'll insure everybody in china and that will get us out of the deficit. it's not true. it doesn't work. we have to be practical and stop government from taking over where liberty is yielding. mr. akin: i have a question. do you think the guy that came up with the idea that if we add people who are uninsured to the health care situation it's going to save money, maybe was the same guy that said the economy will get better if you spend more money. i thought maybe they were twins or something like that. dr. fleming, i have a minute. mr. fleming: i just want to touch on the process. we have heard about the corn husker kickback, louisiana purchase, gator aid

led teaches us the power of conscience, the power of peaceful standing up for the rights of which jefferson spoke, the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. god has blessed america through the life of john lewis and so many others whose courage and convictions have made us better. support this resolution. but more than that, live out its promise for all of our citizens. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee reserves. mr. cohen: reserves. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. cao. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes, mr. cao. mr. cao: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and, mr. speaker, i rise today in support of house concurrent resolution 249 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of bloody sunday and the role that it played in ensuring the passage of the voting rights act of 1965. today we remember a moment us occasion in

alumni living in orleans and jefferson parishes. on behalf of the citizens of orleans and jefferson parishes, i want to thank the l.s.u. community for what they did with us after hurricane katrina and rita. the l.s.u. community is proud of their traditions, and today they are and should be proud of their commitment to academic excellence and community service. i want to congratulate my good friend, bill cassidy, for bringing this resolution to the floor. the sixth congressional district cannot find a more dedicated, a more honorable representative than bill cassidy. i strongly encourage my colleagues to vote for this resolution. congratulations to the l.s.u. community on its 150th anniversary. thank you and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from connecticut. mr. courtney: thank you, madam speaker. we have no further speakers. i'll reserve subject to your final -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. thompson: i have no additional s

and i believe that thomas jefferson, were he here, would call this a pernicious use of promoting the general welfare even though the end goal and the hearts of the people doing this are motivated for the right reason. they're worried about whether kids will be harmed in the schools and we all are and so, quite frankly, are state representatives and state senators. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for two minutes. mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4247, the keeping all students safe act. as a co-sponsor, i'm certainly pleased that for the first time this bipartisan legislation will protect all children in schools from harmful uses of restraint and seclusion. the need for this legislation was highlighted by a recent g.a.o. report that found hu

hamilton got jefferson to put democratic votes on.d jefferson in the capital in washington, d.c. the end result was a political deal but the end result was good for the people of washington, d.c. i'll give you more examples. >> i've got two questions where i want to go with this is in bracketing your rise to power from very earliest time to law school to just recently. your actions over the years to some extent contradict the characteristics of a reformer and i would like to understand a little bit of the profile of someone who's been what i call deep in the belly of the beast of illinois politics for over 20 years because actions tell us more about someone than words. your career appears to get a jumpstart back in the early '80s when you clerked for the infamous alderman eddy known even then as fast eddy. and your first job out of law school was working in his law firm in 1983 if i'm correct. just when harold washington was becoming mayor and for those of you who aren't familiar with haro>k1ñ washington, harold was chicago's reform m

where are the great thinkers like benjamin franklin or thomas jefferson? where are they? i was in the commercial break and it hit me. these guys were wild thinkers, but they were also revolutionaries. they actually thought about the things like how do we fight the british? how do we overthrow the government? i'd never thought about revolution. i've never thought about armed insurrection or bombing or anything like that. then i looked at the other side of the board and i realized, wow the people around the president have. not only have they thought about it, many of them have plotted it. some of them were actually engaged in bomb throwing. bill ayers and jeff jones they were running around blowing stuff up. have you -- these guys didn't -- everybody believes in forgiveness. bill ayers told alan colmes that blowing stuff up, he doesn't regret it. >> i don't regret anything did to oppose the war, i don't regret. i wouldn't regret sending a bomb at a police station, pentagon or capital. >> glenn: okay. i wanna show you who the president surrounded himself with, just a few. th

thomas jefferson wrote the rules for operations of this house and of the senate. i take that back, i don't know if he wrote the senate, i know he wrote it for the house. i think he wrote it for both parties. whatever that may be, when our founding fathers were sitting around on that -- on those hot days in the summer trying to put together a constitution and trying to resolve the issues and deciding what kind of functioning government they wanted to have, they had a concept of creating a republic, not a parliamentary democracy but a republic where you had representative form of government, where you had two bodies, the house and the senate. the house would be the people's house and it would have the opportunity to change every two years. the senate at that time would be appointed by the legislatures of the various states. the senators would represent states and they would not change but after a six-year term with alternating terms so every two years a certain body, but never all that body would change. and when they looked to how they wanted these two houses to op

thomas jefferson. that phrase changed my life. question everything.t look for the answer you want to be true. look for the truth. and then just hold on to it. we were talking about illegal immigration. the numbers that are gonna change. once you get illegal immigration passed if the democrats win, they have control for the next 60, 70 years. same with the republicans. they are playing politics. i think we have a problem in america of people who understand and appreciate this country. and i was just out i had to take a call outside. i was walking across the street, the guy stopped his car and he was from jamaica. and he said glenn beck mo in! i said he said i love you mon, i watch you all the time i'm going to be here tomorrow. people from a different country, understand this country, because they know how crappy their country is. i think we need to lead the way on illegal immigration, not amnesty. legal immigration. i think we need to start an ellis island program. we welcome people in here. you got to go to classes, i'll help you learn english. becau

thomas jefferson was leading fools in the french revolution. it ends in tyranny and guillotines.e people of faith, hope and charity. please. violence is not the answer. governor sarah palin was on the top of my mind today when i heard about the group in alaska. she's a fox news contributor and author of going "going rogue" and i believe she was a vice presidential candidate. welcome to the program. how are you doing? >> i'm great. you're doing great work. thank you for letting me join you. >> glenn: i wanted to get your thoughts, because as much as people said you're, you know, you're -- what are they calling it? your reality show is a reality show. it wasn't a reality show. it was about the pioneering spirit in acti arkansa alaska. you are one of the the last places where they had 150 years ago where people say get out of my way and i'll help you, neighbor. what do you make of the group that says grab your guns and bullets and let's go? >> i wasn't at the meeting and i'll never pretend to be a believer in everything i read in the newspaper, in daily news or other aspects of the

thomas jefferson was leading fools in the french revolution. it ends in tyranny and guillotines. be people of faith, hope and charity. please. violence is not the answer. governor sarah palin was on the top of my mind today when i heard about the group in alaska. she's a fox news contributor and author of going "going rogue" and i believe she was a vice presidential candidate. welcome to the program. how are you doing? >> i'm great. you're doing great work. thank you for letting me join you. >> glenn: i wanted to get your thoughts, because as much as people said you're, you know, you're -- what are they calling it? your reality show is a reality show. it wasn't a reality show. it was about the pioneering spirit in acti arkansa alaska. you are one of the the last places where they had 150 years ago where people say get out of my way and i'll help you, neighbor. what do you make of the group that says grab your guns and bullets and let's go? >> i wasn't at the meeting and i'll never pretend to be a believer in everything i read in the newspaper, in daily news or other aspects of th

if you are used to coming down to the jefferson memorial or going on to haynes point from the lincoln memorial and hugging the banks of the river on ohio drive, you can't do it. >> for a list of events going on at the festival, check out our home page, nbcwashington.com. most of the festival events are free including a parade down constitution avenue on april 10th. >> it has been a really satisfying week for fairfax county police officer and his canine partner, because they are life-savers. they teamed up to save a woman missing and suffering from hypothermia. this started monday when rangers found abandoned vehicle at mason state park. they began searching the trails and late wednesday night, schnoz, the dog, located the woman. julie carey has our report. >> reporter: this is one loveable face, unless the person looking back is a suspect that just got sniffed off. the aptly-named schnoz has found some bad guys lately. this week, he saved a life. the harness is the first signal he is about to get busy. >> he knows we are going to work. usually, what we would do is present him with som

so in other words, jefferson -- sorry, geoff davis did not want a statue of a freed slave put on top of the u.s. capitol before the civil war because he thought it might give people some ideas. so he went back to thomas crawford and said something has to be changed. crawford relented replacing the capitol crusted element which is what we see on the statue of freedom today. he would die the next year in london without ever seeing his work on top of the capitol. if not for the ingenuity of philip reed a slave of mixed blood the story of the freedom statue would end with a plaster model a riding in america and sitting on the ground of capital. a 39-year-old slave from charleston south carolina was owned by iran worker clark who described him as a highly esteemed workmen smart in mind and a good portman and founder. he came up with mills to washington, d.c. from south carolina where the slave worked for his entire life. mills noted that he bought read because the evident talent in the business. reed proved his intelligence and skills in two different incidents involving the statue of fre

so if you are used to coming down to the jefferson memorial or going on to haines point from the lincoln memorial and hugging the banks of the river on ohio drive, you can't do it. >> if you're looking to avoid some of the crowds, and it will be crowded, here' a suggestion. there are an equal number of flowering cherry trees on haines point. from the tidal basin, megan mcgrath, news 4. >>> the cherry blossom festival runs through april 11th. tomorrow's the kickoff that starts at 10:00 at the national build museum. >>> the irs is trying to collect back taxes from d.c. councilman marion barry again. washington post reports he owes $15,000 in unpaid taxes for 2005 to 2008 and that the irs issued a lien to try to collect money. 74-year-old barry is already on probation for failure to pay other taxes. and the irs is taking money from the former mayor's salary to pay back that money. barry's attorney tells the post the latest action by the irs is not a new thing. >>> most of us know it is pretty expensive to live in the washington area. and a new study is showing just how much pressure monthly

congress hour breach and we're pleased too also have a first center for the book foothold in the thomas jefferson building. we love the books and beyond talks because the by the authors that have a special connection one way or another using the collections of the library of congress involved with projects not just the center of the book but from other parts of the library per it is an important way that we can demonstrate the product coming of this promotion retry to give authors as much publicity as we can but also in the states. today will be a presentation by our author. natalee the library of congress website but also c-span and "the national journal." as part of an educational experience of which we are very proud. turn things off all electronic that is going on. we will have a brief question and answer period before the book signing. and at that time we hope that you have questions but your questions are authorizing us to have you participate on film with us as part of the educational experience. there is a new feature for the library of congress center of the book we are the overseas have

right now the city camera showing the cloud cover over the washington monument there and the jefferson memorial, and right now at reagan national airport it's 42 degrees. in an average march here in washington, we get about 1.5 inches of snow, and we may get a little snow later tonight. we are seeing some rain from those clouds just to the south of fredericksburg to richmond and near charlottesville, this is slowly extending to the north. on the western side it's picking up a little bit of cold air so it's changing to wet snow, hardy county, hampshire county and into shenandoah, and also getting a little bit of wet snow in the higher elevations there. now as we look at the temperatures, little aboit is a freezing. any of that snow activity that is reaching the ground there i certainly melting, and farther to the east we're in the low 40s now, 42 in washington. near 40 in montgomery, washington, prince georges counties, as well as the eastern shore. we're seeing an increase a bit in the moisture. the leading edge of any significant moisture, though, is still way down here in the carolin

thomas jefferson was leading fools in the french revolution. it ends in tyranny and guillotines. be people of faith, hope and charity. please. violence is not the answer. governor sarah palin was on the top of my mind today when i heard about the group in alaska. she's a fox news contributor and author of going "going rogue" and i believe she was a vice presidential candidate. welcome to the program. how are you doing? >> i'm great. you're doing great work. thank you for letting me join you. >> glenn: i wanted to get your thoughts, because as much as people said you're, you know, you're -- what are they calling it? your reality show is a reality show. it wasn't a reality show. it was about the pioneering spirit in acti arkansa alaska. you are one of the the last places where they had 150 years ago where people say get out of my way and i'll help you, neighbor. what do you make of the group that says grab your guns and bullets and let's go? >> i wasn't at the meeting and i'll never pretend to be a believer in everything i read in the newspaper, in daily news or other aspects of th

for moses to black stone to thomas jefferson by our actions today we december grace their values. we break the ties of history in this chamber. we break our trust in america. when i handed the speaker the gavel i said this, this is the people's house. in a moment the majority forgets it and starts writing itself a ticket to minority status. if we pass this bill there will be no turning back. it will be the last straw for the american people. in a democracy you can only ignore the will of the people for so long and get away with it. if we defy the will of our fellow citizens and pass this bill we will be held to account by those who placed us in their trust. we will have shattered those bonds of trust. i beg you, i beg each and every one of you on both sides of the i'll do not further strength enthe this institution you will not strike with impunity. i ask each of you to vow to never let this happen again. this defiance of our citizens it's not too late to begin to restore the bonds of trust with our nation and return common to this institution. join me in voting against this bill

some were sleeves and some like benjamin banneker writing the powerful letters to thomas jefferson was free and one of the last letters in the book was written in 2008 by alice walker who wrote barack obama to say what his election meant. so it has this amazing all work showing the history of african-americans and slaved over three centuries. >> you are a journalism professor at nyu. what surprised you in your study of these letters? >> i guess one of the things that surprised me is the extent to which inslee of african americans continue to communicate with their loved ones or even that sleeves wrote letters at all but the extent to which they maintain bonds across plantations across states and of course this was an illegal act, but they somehow managed to stay in contact to the best they could with their loved ones. >> regular booktv viewers may recognize you because we shot a program of your earlier in the year which you can watch on booktv.org to watch the program. what are you working on right now? >> right now i still here with this book. this is probably my 40th event since febr

washington and jefferson had to roll over rejoined an alliance of europe that created the world bankand national security council and structures and organizations to face. along with others with others for deterrence and contain it. it does not happen anymore. if you want to make money go into the business of a strategic consultant to help organizations develop strategies. that art is lost. i had a personal theory why because if you look at the young people they are doing two things. communicating and receiving information. there is no processing. they're constantly on cellphones, blackberry come at the computer and receiving a flood of information and communicating with their pals. is it a processing going on? that mentality is seeping through and there is so much information to be processed, so much communication, how are you going to take time to say where my? where am i going to be in 10 years and how will i get it? it is amazing how businesses operate day to day and don't have the future orientation we used to have. another part is mastering the organization's. and it has surviv

there are a number of members like william jefferson, corruption offenses took place before that yearill receive a pension paid for by the taxpayer. lisa sylvester, cnn, washington. >>> a lot of americans think the way to fix our broken government is to have less of it. less government. is big government necessarily bad government? my next guest says it is. ron paul won the presidential straw poll at last week's conservative political action conference, cpac, much to the dismay of mitt romney and sarah palin and tim pawlenty and other main-stream republican hopefuls. ron paul a congressman from the 14th district in texas, former presidential candidate and warning all of us about a lot of these issues for a long time. we're delighted to welcome you to our program. >> thank you, jack, good to be with you. >> recent cnn polls, 86% of americans think our government is broken. 75% of americans think government officials are dishonest. when you look to the future of this country, what do you see? >> well, what i see is a bankruptcy coming. yes, the government is broken. it doesn't work, but

john adams and thomas jefferson.ind these and other presidential fax in our newly updated book," who is buried in grant's tomb? " >> it is a mini-history, biography of each of these presidents and you can tell a lot about people at the end of their lives. >> it is a resource guide to every presidential gravesite. the story of their final moments of insight about their lives. it is now available at your favorite book seller or get a 25% discount at the publisher's web site. >> house members spoke about health care yesterday in a series of one-minute speeches. here is 20 minutes of that debate. we will hear first from the house minority leader, john boehner. minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. boehner: the american people are appalled by what they have seen in this health care debate. but the worst is still ahead. the bill's already failed. the american people don't want it and they are screaming it at the top of their lungs, stop. but yet congress continues

politely -- because i am an ambassador of goodwilland a statesman no doubt in the mold of thomas jeffersonno doubt the dalai lama, i will call the nonfrugal the people who pay $400 for true religion jeans a stock that i thought was a great short until i found accelerating demand. rich kids around the world simply couldn't part with their expensive denim pants. i miss that entirely. hey, same thing with aeropostale, the casualty apparel store. this stuff seems expensive, who would pay for that, no. to me it looked like old navy, what in the heck did i know, particularly young discerning people. i missed it. i just didn't think that anyone would spend that stuff. that's why when i read setting the table, a book about hospitality about my favorite major by danny myer who owns famous eateries like union square cafe. and the only four-star guy i know when is 11 madison. well i knew i had to have home "mad money," because this guy has the beat. danny didn't know it until i had him on the show but he can divide the multiple of the high-end stocks that give me so much trouble. i always on my show

znz washington and jefferson said the fall of america would not come externally but internally when political parties took over the government. it's clear toews that these two political parties put their party ahead of the country because they vote for their party first and the country second. until this country wakes up and quits electing democrat and republicans to office to send that message, well, we're going it get that type of government then. >> larry: what do you think of the american tea party? >> i think they're kind of a laugh, because they're supposed to defend the constitution and all this. well, where were they when habeas corpus was taken away? in our country right now, they can arrest you and hold you without charging you, they can keep an attorney from you? all they have to do is say you committed an act of terrorism. they can get away with that. they've also destroyed the fourth amendment of illegal search and seizure. they might as well throw that amendment out because they're listening to our phone calls and tapping e-mail and doing everything they do. where were they when